My courtyard shelter

That night, Father Xu hosted a banquet for Professor Huang.

Xu Dong will accompany you.

Professor Huang has neither sold the company's shares nor agreed to Xu's father's request to stay. It seems that he is still hesitating.

Or for sale!

The banquet was held in the hotel where the father and son were staying. Xu Dong personally came forward and took the other party back to the room.

Seeing the person coming, Father Xu stood up immediately:

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"Professor Huang, please sit down quickly."

"Director Xu, your grand gesture just now shocked all of us!"

"Haha, it's a pity that I couldn't keep all the shareholders."

Father Xu had a trace of regret on his face.

Professor Huang shook his head: "What's such a pity? In addition to your 10 billion, the company has raised more than 200 million in funds. This is already more than the previous years combined."

"It seems I'm not the only one who likes gambling!"

"Dr. Xu, you are serious. I think it should be called far-sightedness."

Professor Huang smiled and complimented.

He is a person with great ambitions, but the reality is often so helpless, with too many constraints, especially the capital side, which has always lacked patience.

Someone like Mr. Zhen is pretty good.

Dad Xu took the initiative to extend his right hand: "So Professor Huang, I wonder if you would like to stay? Let's work together to build Xinke Seaweed into a world-famous company."

"Of course I am willing!" Professor Huang said without hesitation, "But I'm afraid I won't be able to do it!"

"that's humble!"

Xu Dong took the opportunity to interject: "Dad, Professor Huang, let's sit down and eat and talk?"

"Yes, yes, Professor Huang, hurry up and take your seat."

Father Xu quickly agreed.

Dinner is very simple, just one meal and one dish.

A plate of rice balls and a plate of shredded beef.

Next, the three of them didn't say anything else and took the time to fill their stomachs.

Rice balls don't taste good when they're cold.

After the meal, Xu Dong made a pot of green tea, and then poured a cup for each person.

Professor Huang was sipping green tea with an intoxicated look on his face.

"Good tea, really good tea!"

"This is the Longjing tea specially supplied in China. I managed to get half a kilogram of it with great difficulty. My father and I are both rough people and we can't judge the quality of the tea. Professor Huang, if you like it, just take it back later!"

This is called buying horse bones for a thousand dollars!

Professor Huang quickly waved his hand: "A gentleman doesn't take advantage of others, just a drink is enough."

"Is one cup enough? Professor Huang, if you are willing to go to the capital, I will treat you to tea every day."

Father Xu took the opportunity to persuade.

Professor Huang put down his tea cup and said solemnly:

"Director Xu, I also know that the scientific research environment in the capital is good. It's not that I don't want to go, but I'm worried!"

"Professor Huang, let's open up the sky and speak openly today. If you have anything, you can just say it. We will help you solve it if it can be solved. Even if it can't be solved, we will try our best to find an alternative."

Father Xu showed his sincerity.

Professor Huang nodded and began to raise his first concern: "Director Xu, I hope you will tell me the real situation. You are not willing to spend a lot of money. What is your intention? Is it a disguised land enclosure? Or is it a policy subsidy? Or something else? "

"Haha, Professor Huang, you are definitely worrying too much about this. The reason why I am willing to spend so much money is for one purpose, and that is to build a food empire."

"Food empire?" Professor Huang looked confused.

"Yes, our family has a bakery, I believe you should have heard of it."

"Cola bread, of course I know."

Dad Xu continued to explain: “One thing about the bread produced by our family is different from other families, that is, the proportion of seaweed is getting higher and higher.”

"Is it the seaweed produced by our company?"

"Yes, although the seaweed powder produced by Xinke Seaweed has many shortcomings, especially the severely low starch content, it is undeniable that it has a huge advantage."

"Oh? What is it?"

“It greatly reduces the bread factory’s dependence on raw materials. After all, seaweed is not a real food, and the control above is not strict.

As long as we continue to optimize 'Tamazao No. 3', I believe that one day, our seaweed will be comparable to rice and wheat and become a daily staple food. "

"Dr. Xu." Professor Huang showed a wry smile, "I won't hide it from you, your idea is not impossible to succeed, but the probability is too low, even lower than winning the lottery."

"What's the difficulty?"

"Every qualified food crop has to go through tens of thousands of years of domestication and requires continuous accumulation. It cannot be successful in a short time. Especially for seaweed, which has a relatively low starting point, the probability is even lower."

Xu Dong interrupted: "Isn't there genetic engineering now?"

"Genetic engineering is not a panacea. It also depends on luck and the accumulation of enough data. Moreover, the safety of genetically modified foods is also a problem that cannot be ignored."

Professor Huang explained.

"Professor Huang, I know this is very difficult." Father Xu comforted him, "But I never thought about achieving it overnight. Let's go in stages and solve the profit and loss problem first. Based on the analysis of various indicators of 'Tamazao No. 3', it should not be Is it difficult?"

"Difficult!" Professor Huang didn't give any face.

"Is 10 billion enough?" Xu Donghao asked angrily.

Professor Huang pondered for a while: "If the existing scientific research capacity is increased tenfold, 10 billion should be enough. Even if it is not enough, it is estimated that it will not be much different."

"How to increase it?" Xu's father asked hurriedly.

"Expand the laboratory, expand the scientific research team, build a larger production base, everything must be redesigned, and the most important thing is that the intermediate capital chain must not be broken."

"Haha, Professor Huang, we are thinking the same thing. The reason why we want to move the company to the capital is, first, for convenience, and second, to take advantage of the scientific research environment in the capital.

In addition, regarding the capital chain, you can rest assured that I will set up a special account for special funds. No one can embezzle it, including me."

Professor Huang did not respond immediately. He reached out and took out a document from his briefcase and handed it directly to Xu's father.

"Professor Huang, what is this?" Xu's father asked curiously.

"I have made a list. Everyone on it is needed by the laboratory. If we can invite these people to come and work, I believe the success rate will be greatly improved."

As for how much to increase, Professor Huang did not say.

Xu Dong took the list from his father.

He roughly counted and found that there were about 30 people, including some famous scholars, experts and professors, and even an academician.

"Professor Huang, the others are easy to deal with, but I'm afraid that Academician Zeng..."

Professor Huang smiled and said, "If you can't be a full-time employee, you can be a consultant. You can give some pointers at critical moments. The main work still depends on us."

"Consultant? Okay, we will do it."

Xu Dong immediately promised.

At present, the supply of materials is still tight, and he is confident that he can use high salaries and benefits to dig these people into his own company.

Professor Huang nodded with satisfaction, and then expressed his second concern.

"Mr. Xu, the situation has improved a lot in the past two years, especially the food supply, which has been greatly improved.

As the saying goes, this time is different, that time is different. I hope that no matter how the situation changes, our research project will not be abandoned halfway."

Without waiting for Xu's father to speak, Xu Dong rushed to answer:

"Professor Huang, no matter what time, the food problem is more important than Mount Tai. As long as the project can succeed, I believe there will always be a place for us to use our skills.

You don't have to worry about us changing our minds halfway. Since we dare to invest tens of billions, we have no intention of withdrawing. Our family will not be much more or less than 10 billion, so you don't need to worry too much."

"Well, it is true that a tiger father will have a dog son."

Professor Huang praised.

Xu Dong raised a question:

"Professor Huang, there was a rumor on the Internet before that our country can already synthesize starch artificially, which is the joke about drinking northwest wind.

I want to ask, which technology is better than ours?"

"Haha, this is not a rumor, it is a real thing. As for which is better?"

Professor Huang paused and made a vivid metaphor:

"Let me put it this way, artificially synthesizing starch is equivalent to eating fat in one bite, and our seaweed technology is equivalent to eating fat in one bite. Which one is better?"

Xu Dong shook his head, indicating that he didn't understand.

"Eating fat in one bite is efficient, but it is too difficult. With the current technology, I dare to guarantee that without decades of hard work, the cost cannot be reduced at all.

Although our 'Tamamo Series' has a low conversion efficiency, it is better in a step-by-step manner. In the short term, the success rate is far better than the other party.

Of course, once the technology of artificially synthesizing starch matures, it will directly sentence us to death, and we will not even have the power to fight back."

Professor Huang said it very bluntly.

Xu Dong finally understood the difference.

Xu's father smiled and waved his hand: "Why think so far ahead? If the technology of synthesizing starch is really that great, I would rather fail myself. It is better to cry alone than to cry alone."

Xu's father has worked in state-owned enterprises for decades. He has a spirit of dedication. He values ​​the collective more than anything else.

In comparison, Xu Dong is more like a qualified capitalist.

"Mr. Xu, you have a broad mind."

Professor Huang couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

Xu's father waved his hand: "Professor Huang, do you have any other questions?"

"There is one last one. Let's talk about it first. Regarding my personal shares, I wonder how Mr. Xu arranged it?"

We are all adults. It's not shameful to talk about money.

"This is easy. I have two plans. Professor Huang, you can choose one."

"I'd like to hear more about it."

"The first plan is option rewards. When you join the company, you will automatically get 1% of the shares. If you turn losses into profits, you will get another 1%. If the project is successful, you will directly get 5% of the equity. The above shares will never be diluted.

The second plan is to add bonuses to the bonuses. The basic bonus is 1%. Then a series of reward standards will be established. Every time you overcome a difficulty, you will get a corresponding reward. There is no upper limit on the bonus."

Professor Huang thought about it.

In the end, he chose the first plan. With his status, he has actually achieved financial freedom a long time ago. The amount of money he has is not a big deal. His only thought is to leave a "permanent" guarantee for his family.

This also reflects from the side that Professor Huang is really not optimistic about the prospects of artificially synthesized starch. Maybe this thing, like controlled nuclear fusion, will take another 50 years.

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